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Title: The Rebbe's Army : Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitch by Sue Fishkoff ISBN: 0-8052-4189-2 Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.59 (22 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Loved it!
Comment: I loved this book very much. The Rebbe (z''l) was such a great, dedicated and loving man. I'm glad I got to know more about him and the Lubavitchers through this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Waking the Talk
Comment: I grew up in what was probably a typical mid-century Jewish family - both parents raised in the U.S. and thoroughly Americanized. A secular conservative household. I received a fairly typical religious education for that time and culture - the minimum necessary. In retrospect, I probably learned more about Judaism after I left home than I did before. For Jews such as me, the world of Hasidism - intensely and often excitedly religious - is often something mysterious. As well as a source of guilt when we compare it to out own wobbly religious observance. Most of my acquaintance with the thinking of the Hasid, and with the Lubavitch movement in particular, is bookish, rather than experiential.
Which is why I was delighted with Sue Fishkoff's "The Rebbe's Army," a close and honest look at the Lubavitchers as a social and cultural phenomenon. She is a well respected member of the Jewish Press who has taken the time to pick up the threads of this small but influential group who gently, but persistently work not to broaden Judaism, but to deepen it. In countless cities both here and abroad are the slichim - young couples who leave the comfort and shelter of their own religious center in Brooklyn to seek to re-establish the traditional core of Judaism. This is their story.
While strictly ultra-orthodox, the Lubavitch have created an outreach program that manages to touch not only Jews of every religious bent, but the non-Jewish community as well. Most often, they arrive as stranger but stay to become dear friends. Fishkoff who has traveled extensively in this world writes more about their experiences and lives than about the specific tenets of their beliefs. She does so in a non-judgmental but sympathetic fashion, finding much to admire, but not shying away from the conflicts and struggles.
Don't come to this book expecting a history or a critique. This is pure descriptive journalism. Deep in its coverage, but not burdened by excess analysis. The final judgments are left up to the reader, who has been given the gift of insight into a rich world of strong principles and a determination to live them out. As such, she has bridged the suspicion gap with a clear, accessible volume that will open far more doors than it closes.
Rating: 5
Summary: a very good book "CHABAD IS GREAT"
Comment: i think it is a very good book, sue fishkoff is great.
chabad is doing a great jub.
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Title: The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz ISBN: 047146502X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Real Jews: Secular Versus Ultra-Orthodox: The Struggle for Jewish Identity in Israel by Noah J. Efron ISBN: 0465018548 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers: An Intimate Journey Among Hasidic Girls by Stephanie Wellen Levine, Carol Gilligan ISBN: 081475192X Publisher: New York University Press Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Holy Days : The World Of The Hasidic Family by Lis Harris ISBN: 0684813661 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Opening the Tanya : Discovering the Moral and Mystical Teachings of a Classic Work of Kabbalah by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz ISBN: 078796798X Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 08 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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